Preliminary report of a prospective randomized study of octreotide in the treatment of severe acute pancreatitis.

@article{Paran1995PreliminaryRO,
title={Preliminary report of a prospective randomized study of octreotide in the treatment of severe acute pancreatitis.},
author={Haim Paran and David Neufeld and A. J. Mayo and Ivan Shwartz and Pierre singer and Ofer Kaplan and Yehuda Skornik and Joseph B Klausner and Uri Freund},
journal={Journal of the American College of Surgeons},
year={1995},
volume={181 2},
pages={121-4}
}

BACKGROUND
Experimental and clinical studies on the effect of octreotide in the treatment of patients with acute pancreatitis have presented controversial results. Since January 1992, we have been conducting a prospective randomized study on the clinical effect of octreotide in severe acute pancreatitis, at three hospitals in Israel.
STUDY DESIGN
The entering criteria included three or more of the Ranson's prognostic signs and computed tomographic findings of severe pancreatitis. Patients… CONTINUE READING